Woolworth’s long-term land lease expired last year, giving the building owner the full go-ahead to move in an entirely new direction. By next summer, it plans to have the site ready for office tenants--

I don't get into downtown St Paul often, is this project moving forward?

[Bangkok Thai Deli, the Asian restaurant which resides in a former Burger King on St. Paul’s University Avenue, will soon have a second location.

The restaurant broke ground today on a second location in the Rice Street neighborhood, in the spot where Diva’s bar used to reside. The building, which has been vacant since 2010, will be torn down in favor of new construction.]

Chatted with the people behind it at the groundbreaking. The old Streamline Moderne building had foundation issues, and the tax credits they'd need to fix that would cause problems adding windows. I haven't seen the plans, but they said it would have the same basic footprint. Really excited to have them nearby!

It is indeed is a mess. They are in danger of not meeting the conditions of their CUP. City staff has been directed to find a solution.
It may just be a customer learning curve, but we at the neighborhood level were pretty sure it was going to be a disaster.
In the AM cars queue up blocking access to the parking, block traffic on snelling, 'block the box' on Marshall, and often park in the bike lane waiting.